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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Something to be Scared Of.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kristeva makes use of what complex to explain the genesis of the abject?
(a) Senex.
(b) Oedipus.
(c) Puer.
(d) Anima.

2. In Chapter 1, Kristeva gives what kind of account of the abject?
(a) Horrific.
(b) Phenomenological.
(c) Logical.
(d) Absurd.

3. Since the boy is forced to repress his desire for the "maternal body" at a young age, Kristeva says he has not yet understood the situation in what way?
(a) Logically.
(b) Linguistically.
(c) Sexually.
(d) Physically.

4. Freud saw his Oedipus complex as what?
(a) A literary device.
(b) A necessary stage in natural selection.
(c) A metaphor.
(d) A stage in childhood development.

5. The author says the traditional Freudian model of the Oedipal triangle is what?
(a) Perfect.
(b) Flawed.
(c) Wrong.
(d) Deficient.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Oedipus complex assumes that the child's first object of desire is what?

2. What is the name of the little boy who is afraid of horses in Chapter 2?

3. Kristeva says Freud is successful in his treatment of the subject-object relation when he approaches it from the perspective of what?

4. What does Kristeva say children begin to develop, upsetting a child's perfect equilibrium of desire and satisfaction?

5. What does Kristeva says is the only way man can express the abject?

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